Hillary 'More Qualified' to be US President: Obama
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - US President Barack Obama has strongly endorsed Hillary Clinton, saying she is more qualified to be the president of the United States than Bill Clinton or Obama.
The former secretary of state is a “leader with real plans to break down barriers, blast through glass ceilings, and widen the circle of opportunity to every single American, the next president of the United States, Hillary Clinton,” Obama said in a speech at the packed Democratic National Convention center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Wednesday night.
“That's the Hillary I know. That's the Hillary I've come to admire. And that's why I can say with confidence there has never been a man or a woman — not me, not Bill, nobody — more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as president of the United States of America,” he added.
He said “nothing truly prepares you for the demands of the Oval Office, but Hillary's been in the room.”
"I know Hillary won’t relent until ISIL is destroyed. She’ll finish the job – and she’ll do it without resorting to torture, or banning entire religions from entering our country. She is fit to be the next commander in chief," he said, referring to the Daesh terrorist group in Iraq and Syria.
Obama went on to say that “we're going to carry Hillary to victory this fall, because that's what the moment demands.”
"This year, in this election, I'm asking you to join me -- to reject cynicism, reject fear, to summon what's best in us, to elect Hillary Clinton as the next president of the United States," Obama said in his concluding remarks.
